The highest rated annual sports title of this generation returns with NBA 2K18, featuring unparalleled authenticity and improvements on the court.
Best gaming PC for NBA 2K18 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for NBA 2K18 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by 2K Games on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7x64 / Windows 8.1x64 / Windows 10x64 | Windows 7x64 / Windows 8.1x64 / Windows 10x64 |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 805 @ 2.50 GHz or better | Intel® Core™ i5-4430 @ 3 GHz / AMD FX-8370 @ 3.4 GHz or better |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 450 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 7770 1GB or better | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 2GB / ATI® Radeon™ R9 270 2GB or better |
| Storage | 70 GB | 70 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run NBA 2K18?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core™ i5-4430 @ 3 GHz / AMD FX-8370 @ 3.4 GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770 2GB / ATI® Radeon™ R9 270 2GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.